Don’t feel bad for Junk Car… Junk Car does the best it can with the parts it’s been dealt. As we prepare for our Nerdy Derby, we’ve been working on our own cars, but we also want people to bring the cars they’ve made, and we know that some people will show up, and say “Damn! I wish I had a car!” so for those people we’re assembling a box o’ parts. We’ve got some bodies and wheels, and I’m sure the folks at Bucketworks can dig up some crafty materials for decorating the crap out of your crap car. (Remember, there are awards for style as well as speed!)
And hey, don’t feel bad for Junk Car, it’s just a name. In the hobby robotics world people often use the term “Junk Bot” to describe any robot cobbled together out of spare parts they had lying around, so this is pretty much the same thing.
(And yes, those are laser-cut wheels, and 3D printed wheels you see in the photo.)